Nino Ricci Books in Order

Young Vittorio Innocente watches his mother's life change after a snakebite in their Italian village. With his father abroad, her pregnancy becomes the focus of community judgment, forcing Vittorio to confront adult secrets through a child's limited understanding.

After losing his mother on the voyage to Canada, Vittorio Innocente joins his father with his infant half-sister, Rita. Growing up in an Ontario farming community, he struggles with his father's isolation and the uncertain meaning of belonging.

Victor Innocente reconnects with his half-sister Rita in Toronto after their father's death. Their difficult attachment and unresolved family history lead back toward their Italian birthplace, where the past continues to shape their attempts to understand each other.

This historical novel reimagines Jesus through four witnesses: a politically committed follower, a woman from Migdal, his mother, and a Syrian shepherd. Their contrasting accounts explore the man behind competing expectations of spiritual change and political liberation.

Graduate student Alex Fratarcangeli struggles with a dissertation connecting Darwin and narrative in 1980s Montreal. A letter revealing an unexpected son, memories of the Galapagos, and new relationships challenge his understanding of responsibility, survival, and his own history.

Historian David Pace appears to have a successful career and family life, but a sleep disorder destabilizes both. As exhaustion and deception erode his judgment, his attempts to manage the condition draw him toward increasingly dangerous choices.